Trends in the nature and management of serious abdominal trauma

N Ferrah, P Cameron, B Gabbe… - World journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background There have been recommendations for increased nonoperative management
(NOM) of abdominal trauma in adults. To assess the impact of this trend and changes in the …

Redefining geriatric trauma: 55 is the new 65

SM Fakhry, JL Morse, JM Garland… - Journal of trauma and …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
METHODS Adults aged 18 to 100 years with blunt or penetrating injury were selected from
95 hospitals' trauma registries. Change point analysis techniques were used to detect …

Age-related injury patterns in Spanish trauma ICU patients. Results from the RETRAUCI

JA Llompart-Pou, M Chico-Fernández… - Injury, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Injury patterns may differ in trauma patients when age is considered. This
information is relevant in the management of trauma patients and for planning preventive …

[PDF][PDF] Sarcopenia is predictive of functional outcomes in older trauma patients

F Hwang, CM McGreevy, SR Pentakota, D Verde… - Cureus, 2019 - cureus.com
Introduction: Older patients are more vulnerable to poor outcomes after trauma than younger
patients. Sarcopenia, loss of skeletal mass, is prevalent in trauma patients admitted to the …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality and years of life lost due to burn injury among older Iranian people; a cross-sectional study

F Sadeghian, SS Moghaddam, Z Ghodsi… - Archives of academic …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: The National and Subnational Burden of Disease (NASBOD) study includes
population-based cross-sectional data from the death registration system of Iran and those …

Early predictors of mortality in geriatric patients with trauma

MS Wilson, SR Konda, RB Seymour… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To identify variables that predict mortality in geriatric patients with trauma. Design:
Retrospective review. Setting: Level I trauma center. Patients/Participants: A total of 147 …

The elderly age criterion for increased in-hospital mortality in trauma patients: a retrospective cohort study

JH Lee, MJ Kim, JY Hong, J Myung, YH Roh… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background With an aging population, the number of elderly individuals exposed to
traumatic injuries is increasing. The elderly age criterion for traumatic injuries has been …

Emergency readmissions following geriatric ground-level falls: how does frailty factor in?

H Hosseinpour, K El-Qawaqzeh, C Stewart, MN Akl… - Injury, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Ground-level falls (GLFs) in older adults are increasing as life
expectancy increases, and more patients are being discharged to skilled nursing facilities …

Epidemiology and outcomes of older trauma patients in Singapore: a multicentre study

MT Chua, DST Pan, MZ Lee, MZ Thajudeen… - Injury, 2022 - Elsevier
Background An ageing population has caused rising trauma cases amongst older patients.
Multiple comorbidities, polypharmacy and limited reserves predispose them to poorer …

Age and preexisting conditions as risk factors for severe adverse events and failure to rescue after injury

E Earl-Royal, EJ Kaufman, JY Hsu, DJ Wiebe… - Journal of surgical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Failure to rescue (FTR: the conditional probability of death after complication)
has been studied in trauma cohorts, but the impact of age and preexisting conditions (PECs) …